They were part of nature, and nature was part of them. The Kumulipo , a Hawaiian creation chant, says that, at the beginning of time, when matter solidified from the chaos of the new universe, the first animal to take form was the coral polyp, builder of the reef, and after its arrival the world of the ocean began to populate: O ke au i kahuli wela ka honua O ke au i kahuli lole ka lani Hanau ka po Hanau ka Uku-koakoa, hanau kana, he Akoakoa, puka At the time when the earth became hot At the time when the heavens turned about The night gave birth Born was the coral polyp, born was the coral, came forth Lines 1, 2, 12 & 15 of the Kumulipo , translated by Martha Warren Beckwith Centuries before Darwin conceived the theory of evolution, Hawaiians knew: On the spinning earth, covered in a dark sea, life began in the oceans.
Mantell had an intuition that the poets voice would be worth preserving, and that huge numbers of people would want to hear poets reading their poetry as much as she did
Overall, a foldable fishing net
For heavier lures, you want more control, i.e., less free spin, and for lighter lures, vice versa
Clean and dry your tackle storage often to make it last longer
